> TeX reduces consecutive spaces to one space token, but it will not
directly input files with a space in their name.
> You can use the quoting feature:
> pdflatex "a\space\space a.tex"
> which, on my machine, works.
Doesn't work in MikTeX on Windows. What OS and TeX do you use?
Here is what I get:
$ pdflatex "a\space\space a.tex"
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (MiKTeX 2.9)
entering extended mode
! I can't find file `a'.
\space ->
<*> a\space
\space a.tex
Please type another input file name:
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